Comments on: Terry Smith, Envelope Cutter

By: Garry Hunter

Garry Hunter — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:09:21 +0000

Great to see Terry still going strong. I assisted photographer Peter Mackertich on the shoots at Boundary St, over some very hot summer days. I remain very good friends with Peter, would it possible to credit him for the black and white images in this feature, as he is in the BB book ? I think we did two separate projects there, initially for the British Printing Industies Federation annual report, then for BB directly. Art Director on both, I recall being Michael O’Reilly. I remember Roger well too, a real gent.

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:19:44 +0000

Fascinating! I’m still a letter writer as was my mother before me, and really appreciate good quality writing paper – and its envelopes. I have an American friend/former work colleague who now lives in Canada, and an old senior school friend who lives in Surrey, and like me, are determined not to lose the skill of writing letters. I had a third one, a cousin, who sadly lost her life under tragic circumstances 4 yrs ago, but am comforted that I still have most of her hand-written letters sent to me over the years.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:36:05 +0000

I don’t think I’ll ever look at envelopes in the same light again. Such a simple thing most of us use, but actually very technical. I’ve loved stationery ever since I learned to read and write and reading this was fascinating.

By: achim

achim — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:05:21 +0000

Yes, stationery is really a big theme. I love to browse around in the related stores. Whether it’s ink for my fountain pen or special notebooks — I often get things from France because there’s still a distinct culture for it there.

Here in Kassel, a traditional stationery store has been forced to close. The reason: the declining writing culture (because of WhatsApp on mobile devices).

When I still had time and leisure to send homemade greeting cards, I also made my own universal envelopes. I know what Terry Smith is talking about!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Robert Gullen

Robert Gullen — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 07:44:17 +0000

Fascinating – I was a customer of Baddeley Brothers back in the 1960s when I worked in the City for printers Eden Fisher and then McCorquodales – absolutely amazing work that they produced.
“Mr David” [David Baddeley] used to call in to our offices every other week to collect orders etc – he had a capacious “poacher’s pocket” in his suit for all the paper-work! . . . and later on, a young, Roger Pertwee took over the calling in.
Mr David offered me a job in about 1967 but I turned him down, despite the increase in salary of about £1 a week I would have had!